Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2014

Saturday 30 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 278 minutes.

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 30 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 31 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 06:13 on Sat 30 Aug to 07:16 on Sun 31 Aug.

    2014-08-29T22:12:49Z → 2014-08-30T23:16:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 30th, 11:54–12:42 on the 31st.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: disputed → only-day · margin 16668 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2014: Saturday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2014 falls on Saturday 30 August. Pañcamī runs from 06:13 on Sat 30 Aug to 07:16 on Sun 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 30 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/rishi-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Disputed
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 5 Rsi pancami (madhyahnavyapini) — If occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed according to Madhava on the 1st day and according to Hemadri and Divodasa on the 2nd day” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePañcamīMadhyāhna 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:13 → 16:1612:300 min12:2948 min30 Aug
Chicago17:13 → 18:1612:270 min12:2748 min30 Aug
Jersey City18:13 → 19:1612:330 min12:3348 min30 Aug
Port of Spain18:13 → 19:1611:430 min11:4348 min30 Aug
London23:13 → 00:1612:370 min12:3748 min30 Aug
Durban00:13 → 01:1611:330 min11:3348 min30 Aug
Dubai02:13 → 03:1611:560 min11:5548 min30 Aug
Delhi03:43 → 04:4611:580 min11:5848 min30 Aug
Kolkata03:43 → 04:4611:130 min11:1348 min30 Aug
Singapore06:13 → 07:1612:420 min12:4148 min30 Aug
Sydney08:13 → 09:1611:320 min11:3248 min30 Aug
Suva10:13 → 11:1611:440 min11:4348 min30 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rishi-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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